C. B. Jackson Singers

Mission

The purpose of this auxiliary is to provide Christian music as an inspiring and uplifting force for those who assemble together in worship. It is to serve as a complementary phase of the church's evangelistic ministry where songs of God's love are rendered with fervency and power. Integrity in worship with be fashioned by this auxiliary as it sings the Lord's songs in sincerity and truth. The choir's major purpose will be to travel and spread the gospel through song outside the perimeter of Brookland Baptist Church

Motto

"We Can Do All Things Through Jesus Christ Who Gives Us The Strength To Do Them With"

History

The Charles B. Jackson Singers, affectionately known as the CBJ'S was organized in 1978 as one of the Sunday morning worship choirs of the member Brookland Baptist Church. Today, this choir serves as the evangelistic musical component of the church's music ministry and travels extensively praising God through song.

This choir has performed with and shared the stage with various artists to include: Minister John P. Kee, Evangelist Shirley Caesar, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Reverend Timothy Wright, Minister Keith Pringle, Mississippi Mass Choir, Wilmington Chester Mass Choir, Nikoltown Community Choir and the Georgia Mass Choir, just to name a few. The choir has a recording to its credit, "Endless Praise", recorded in Atlanta, Georgia in 1990 and a homecoming album "He Reigns", with South Carolina native, Brother Donald Malloy released in 1999.

The CBJ'S embark on an annual summer tour and has ministered song in New York, New Jersey, Boston, Florida, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Detroit , Virginia, New Orleans, Nassau, Bahamas & Los Angeles, California. The choir loves to fellowship with various choirs and serves as an ambassador for the 5,500 plus member Brookland Baptist Church in West Columbia, SC and the general African-American community in the Midlands area.

The CBJ'S is named after its Pastor, the Reverend Dr. Charles B. Jackson Sr., and under the musical direction of Brother Harold Brooker and the administrative leadership of Brother K. Allen Campbell.

The choir solicits your prayers that God will continue to keep them in His loving grace. Their motto is "WE CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST WHO GIVES US THE STRENGTH TO DO THEM WITH!"

Membership

Membership consists of persons who are full or watch care members of the Brookland Baptist Church, 18 years old and over and maintain active membership in one of the following adult choirs: Sonrise Chorale, Effie Boykin Sanctuary Choir, Male Chorus, Jubilee Choir

Rehearsals

OPEN FOR MEMBERSHIP The Charles B. Jackson Singers rehearses in conjunction with the Effie Boykin Sanctuary Choir on Thursdays at 7:00 PM. Additional rehearsals may be called based on need

About Brookland Baptist

Welcome to Brookland Baptist Church and thanks for taking the time to find out more about us. We hope you discover through this website that Brookland Baptist Church is about people - people from different backgrounds who have encountered Jesus Christ and are learning to live a new life for the glory of God. The mission of the Brookland Baptist Church is to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ, through evangelism, education and economic empowerment.